The point of the meme here, of course, is that the electrification of transportation (and everything else) is going to run into temporary roadblocks. Will there be enough lithium? Will EV battery recycling become feasible? Will the ubiquity of fast …
Author: craigshields
Range Anxiety a Century Later
Tagged with: electrification of transportation, entire fossil fuel industry is doing its damndest to stay in place indefinitely, Will all this happen in time to prevent our civilization's experiencing devastating long-term environmental damage, Will EV battery recycling become feasible?, Will the ubiquity of fast charging stations come to satisfy demand?, Will there be enough lithium?, Will we rid ourselves of hydrocarbons from the grid-mix?
A Hot Moment in Climate Change Denial
This MSN.com article begins: Late Sunday night, Lauren Boebert shared this post on social media, where she openly disparaged climate activists. “You’ve got to appreciate the irony of climate protesters trudging through a foot of snow and -30 degree wind chills to …
Tagged with: climate change denial
Bottled Water
If you’re a grocery retailer, especially a convenience store, refusing to sell bottled water will lead to an immediate and severe reduction to your income stream. Accordingly, I’d like to extend my kudos to whomever wrote this note on his …
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What’s the Big Deal?
Every element of American society seems so contentious, but for what real reason? On social media, we learn that vegans, regardless of the rationale that lies at the core of their eating habits, are under attack from meat-eaters. Why? What’s …
Gun Violence Isn’t Unique to the U.S. Though We Certainly DO Excel in this Category
Below is the front page of a Florida newspaper from a couple of weeks ago. You will try in vain to find anything remotely like this stupidity, greed, and cruelty anywhere else on this planet.
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New Exercise in Solar PV Fraud
Here’s an exciting development (not) in solar PV, which claims (falsely) that it delivers 18 times more power from sunlight than traditional technologies. Let’s do some quick math, to see just how important (fraudulent) this breakthrough (scam) is. Say today’s …
Tagged with: Solar PV Fraud
Qatar Plans to Violate the Laws of Physics
Where will the energy come from that will make this building spin? Strangely, they don’t say.
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Fox Pulls Plug on MyPillow Guy, Hasn’t Paid His Advertising Bills
Per this article, Fox News has discontinued the ad campaign of Mike Lindell (the MyPillow Guy) on the basis that he, as he admits, has become financially insolvent. One wonders how he faltered, given that he had amassed such a …
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Simply Giving Voters What They Crave
Here’s an article I won’t be reading, because the answer to the question is so obvious: her voting base loves her racism. It’s the chicken-and-the-egg principle at work in politics. MTG can hardly be called the cause of the ignorance …
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How Did Trump Happen?
Assuming that Trump is ultimately unsuccessful in overthrowing the U.S. federal government, there will be an ongoing conversation about the content of the meme here. We will never stop wondering how it was possible that a man who was roundly …
Tagged with: Trump moron
